March 1: Day in pics

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and former NBA star Dennis Rodman watch an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang, North Korea. Reuters

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Bell ringers toll the bells at the Metropolitan Cathedral during a farewell ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI in Mexico City. AP

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye gives three cheers with a national flag during a ceremony to celebrate the March First Independence Movement Day, the anniversary of the 1919 uprising against Japanese colonial rule, in Seoul. AP

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Singer-songwriter Elton John performs during the 54th International Song Festival in Vina del Mar city, northwest of Santiago. Reuters

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Singer-songwriter Elton John performs during the 54th International Song Festival in Vina del Mar city, northwest of Santiago. Reuters

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Nicolas Almagro of Spain hits a return to Horacio Zeballos of Argentina during their quarter final Mexico ATP Open men's single tennis match, in Acapulco, Guerrero state. AFP

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Ohio House Speaker John Boehner pauses while meeting with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, to answer questions about the impending automatic spending cuts that take effect March 1. AP

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New Zealand's Michael Rae, BJ Watling, James Neesham, Hamish Rutherford and Dean Brownlie celebrate with their team mates after England's captain Alastair Cook is run out during day three of the four-day warm up international cricket match between New Zealand and England in Queenstown. AFP

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Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron (R) celebrates as his game winning shot slides over the goal line behind Ottawa Senators defenseman Andre Benoit (L) and goaltender Robin Lehner in the overtime period of their NHL hockey game in Boston. Reuters

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Time Warner's Warner Bros Studio sent Google a "take down" notice late last week demanding the online service remove "Hobbit 3D Wallpaper HD," a mobile app the studio hadn't authorized to use images of the Oscar-nominated film. Reuters

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Dachshunds sit in their positions for the performance installation 'Dachshund UN,' where the dogs were used to mimic a United Nations Commission on Human Rights meeting in Toronto. Australian artist Bennett Miller created the show to question humanity's potential for creating a universal justice system. AP

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Rioting sparked in Bangladesh by a death sentence given to Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee convicted of 1971 Bangladesh war crimes.